Arpino, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy

Casa Sera is an attractive 2 bedroom / 1 bathroom 48 sq.mt. apartment, that has just been completely restored and redecorated, located immediately outside the medieval town walls of Santopadre, a lovely hilltop town less than an hour southeast of Rome. Shops, cafés and services are within a few minutes walk, and there is free public parking very nearby.

The building was constructed some 50 years ago and has just been completely renovated throughout - interior and exterior. It consists of four residential units, a lower ground floor apartment, a ground floor apartment and two first floor apartments, of which Casa Sera is one. There is a 20.75 sq.mt. communal roof terrace located on the top (2nd) floor.

Casa Sera is configured with an entrance hallway with utility walk-in cupboard, an open-plan kitchen / living room, a double bedroom, a single bedroom or study, and a fully-fitted modern bathroom. The kitchen/living room and the master bedroom both open on to a balcony.

Features of the restoration include attractive porcelain floor tiles, a security entrance door, energy-efficient double glazing, central heating, external metal shutters with adjustable slats, and electrically-operated blinds in the master bedroom and the bathroom. All wiring and plumbing is new and conforms to the building codes. A gas boiler is installed awaiting connection. The angle kitchen is wired and plumbed, to be fitted out with cabinets, counter-tops and white goods by the purchaser. The bathroom is completely fitted out and the fixtures are brand-new.

The stairway up to the large 20.75 sq.mt. roof terrace is jointly owned with the adjacent upper floor apartment as is the small entrance terrace from which the front doors to both apartments open.

Energy classification: E


SANTOPADRE, ARPINO AND THE CIOCIARIA

Santopadre is an attractive little town, large enough to have all shops and services, but small enough to be easily walkable and very friendly. It is only a few minutes drive from Arpino, and only about 20 minutes from major regional centres such as Sora and Roccasecca.

Arpino is one of the major medieval hilltop towns in the area of Italy called the Ciociaria, the name given to the fertile land that lies south of Rome but north of Naples, situated inland in the hills in the heart of Italy.

The Ciociaria region is within easy reach of both Rome and Naples and their respective airports. A day's shopping in Rome is a common pastime, while an even shorter drive brings you to the charming beaches south of Rome. Alternatively, drive east, and the mountains of the Abruzzo National Park await with horse trekking in the magnificent beech forests, and sparkling mountain lakes and rivers where you can swim in the heat of the summer. And at the other extreme of temperature, although Arpino itself is temperate, less than an hour's drive brings you to the winter ski slopes.

Often overlooked, both by tourists and by those foreigners in search of an Italian home, in favour of the more publicized regions of Tuscany and Umbria, the Ciociaria remains largely an unspoilt gem with beautiful scenery and medieval hilltop towns. A home or second home in the Ciociaria, in the hilltop towns of Arpino, Veroli, Alatri or in the rolling countryside that surrounds them, will afford you a setting where over two thousand years of history combine with an idyllic rural Italian lifestyle, where you can still discover the 'real' Italy and take time out from the busy crowds of the larger tourist cities, while being less than ninety minutes journey from central Rome or either of Rome's two airports.

VIA ROMANA Srls and CASE & CASALI REAL ESTATE AGENCY

Via Romana Srls is an Italian-incorporated company owned by a British/Australian Chartered Accountant and her photographer daughter, and offers a package of services to facilitate all aspects of the purchase and restoration of Italian property by overseas clients. The Via Romana team works in collaboration with various fully-licensed Italian real estate agencies including Case & Casali Real Estate Agency represented by Sig. Ciro Tomei. Sig. Tomei has been enrolled in the register of real estate agents at the Chamber of Commerce in Frosinone, Lazio since 2007 and has much experience in the international marketing of Italian real estate.